Deboer loves Clarkson and obviously brings out the best in him. Clarky was tied for second on team just 2 behind Kovy in PP goals. He will get his PP time.

Yeah with Parise gone there's still a spot for him to get plenty of PP time. He's also not on the PK units or at least wasn't last year. So he stays more fresh than the dual role forwards(Kovy, Patty, Zajac, Henrique, Zubrus)

He also can get to the garbage, and he stands in front of that net deflecting weird shots off every part of his body like no other.